Class School Council representatives

Nursery Arthur & Castille

Reception Charlotte & Elias

Year 1 Anaiya P & Dean

Year 2 Holly & Theo

Year 3 Yusra & Yazan

Year 4 Tyler & Satine

Year 5 Lacey & Janav

Year 6 Mathis & Alice C

The Pavilion Freya

‘Strive, Believe, Achieve’ Friday 9th October 2020

Dates for your diary

Event Date & Time Christmas Card Orders Mon 13th October (final)

Year 6 Assembly Fri 16th October

The QM Factor Fri 23rd October

Half Term Mon 26th —Fri 30th October

Nasal Flu Vaccination Tues 3rd November

DID YOU KNOW?

This week is National Curry Week, ending on

Sunday. Do you have a favourite curry? How

many different styles of curry do you know of,

and where in the world did they

originate?

Star of the week Reception Matthew

Year 1 Jack

Year 2 Eric

Year 3 Spencer

Year 4 Tyler

Year 5 Yana

Year 6 Lacie

Pavilion Niko

B’Club Lacie (Y6)

Q’Club Harry (Y1)

SCHOOL COUNCIL

This week saw the elections of the

School Council representatives for

each class. School Council has an

important job, representing the views and raising

issues on behalf of every child in the school. Our

Head Girl presented the 2020-21 School Council in

our virtual assembly this morning and we look

forward to working closely with them this year.

Thank you for your very generous donations to the harvest

collection. The Hammersmith and Fulham Foodbank will be

collecting the items from us soon and you can be very proud

of the fact that you are helping individuals and families who

are struggling at the moment. Your donations will be used

to help provide three-day emergency packages for

individuals and families in need.

We held our virtual harvest assembly this morning, with

every class contributing from their classroom. The children

have looked at harvest around the world and throughout

history, sharing their art, drama, poetry and IT skills with the

school. Keep and eye on the Class Dojo pages to see what

each class has been doing for the harvest.

HARVEST

A BIG QM

WELCOME!

We would like to welcome two student teachers to

the team: Miss Emily Houghton and Miss Amy Elliot-

Andrews. Both student are based at St Mary’s

University and will be with us part time until half

term, and then full time until Christmas. We are very

pleased to have them on the team and they are

already proving to be caring, diligent teachers! Miss

Houghton is based in Year 2 and Miss Elliot-

Andrews is based in Year 3. In January we will be

welcoming two more teachers at QM, who will

remain with us until

the end of the

year.

Miss Houghton

Miss Elliot-Andrews

***The deadline for Secondary School Applications is 31st October***

QM Parent Feedback – Home Learning

Thank you to all our families who completed our home learning feedback survey. Your feedback has given us plenty to consider for any future lockdowns. We’d like to share with you the results. Questions all have an average score out of 5.

My child’s home learning, provided by Queen’s Manor, was high quality. (39 answered) 4.1 average rating

Strongly disagree *

Disagree **

Neutral ***

Agree ****

Strongly agree ****

3 1 5 9 20

My child’s home learning was tailored to their needs. (40 answered) 3.9 average rating

Strongly disagree *

Disagree **

Neutral ***

Agree ****

Strongly agree ****

1 5 8 10 15

My child had an appropriate range of subjects provided as a part of their home learning. (38 answered) 4.3 average rating

Strongly disagree *

Disagree **

Neutral ***

Agree ****

Strongly agree ****

0 4 4 8 22

My child’s wellbeing and mental health were supported by Queen’s Manor during lockdown. (39 answered) 4.1 average rating

Strongly disagree *

Disagree **

Neutral ***

Agree ****

Strongly agree ****

2 1 7 10 19

My family were well supported by Queen’s Manor during lockdown. (39 answered) 4.1 average rating

Strongly disagree *

Disagree **

Neutral ***

Agree ****

Strongly agree ****

2 1 8 9 21

We’d like to thank everyone for your messages recognising the hard work and dedication of all our staff at QM during the lockdown. We are proud to have supported our pupils and families through a very difficult time.

THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK

Thank you to everybody who responded to our recent questionnaire regarding the remote / online

learning during lockdown earlier this year. We have used the feedback to help create our remote

learning offer, which we need to have in place for any future COVID-related disruption to school

life. Such disruption could include an individual missing school whilst they await test results or

complete a period of self-isolation; a whole bubble self-isolating for 14 days due to a confirmed case within their

bubble; a whole school closure or part-closure due to local or national lockdown. We will be sharing the remote

learning plan (also called the continuity of learning plan) with you all and publishing it on our website.

FoQM NEEDS YOU!

Do you have any great ideas for

fundraising and / or enhancing the

school experience for the children

during the current restrictions?

Maybe your family have some great ideas, or even

friends with children in other schools? If so, Friends

of Queen’s Manor would love to hear your ideas.

Please contact them at friendsofqm@gmail.com and

they will discuss your ideas with us. Let’s bring some

more joy and fun to our children!

Christmas personalised gifts

We have seen so many amazing designs for the

personalised gifts this week! Thank you all parents

and carers for your patience as we trial new ways of

working and keeping everyone safe. This year it will be

especially important to send cards or other presents

to some of the loved ones we may not see, to protect

them. So we hope you find it doubly rewarding!

Monday morning (13th October) at 9:15 will be the

last collection. So if you have not yet managed to do

it, please bring your mask, fill in the design sheet with

the info and remember your payment card. If you

absolutely cannot do it for any reasons, drop us a line

to friendsofqm@gmail.com and we will see what we

can do.

We will confirm when everything is ready for

distribution; this is likely to be early November.

AGM

As a charity, FoQM Chairs and the committee are

responsible to all of its members. Due to

unprecedented times last spring we decided to

postpone the Annual General Meeting (AGM) from

last spring to this autumn.

We will be holding our next AGM on Friday 23rd

October between 12.00 and 12:30,over Zoom.

The agenda will cover a brief summary of what FoQM

did last year and then we will proceed to vote the

committee members and the chair.

We won’t use this session for any brainstorming, to

keep it nice and short. You can add the invite to your

calendars and receive Zoom details closer to the date.

Please use the following link to save the event.

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A few weeks ago we told you

in the newsletter that we

would be putting together an

after school clubs offer. We are very pleased to tell you

that we have worked out a way to run clubs for children

from Year 1 to Year 6, in a way that fits in with the school

COVID risk assessment. We will be sending letters home

to children, outlining the clubs on offer. This term the

clubs will run for 7 weeks, starting after October half term

and running until the end of term. We will review the

clubs once again at the end of term and hope to be able

to continue with them throughout the spring and

summer terms.

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

Tomorrow—October 10th—is

World Mental Health Day. It is

really important that we all take time to think about our

mental health and wellbeing, as it can change

frequently and without much warning. Mind, the charity

that champions mental health and wellbeing, has some

top tips for us all, including:

Relaxing and reducing stress

Finding ways to learn and be creative

Spending time in nature

Connecting with others

Looking after our physical health

Getting enough sleep

You can find more information on their website here.

The NHS also has some very useful information for

achieving mental wellbeing on their website, here.

Year 2 went on a lovely local area walk today, to support

their wellbeing as well as their learning in phonics. It

looks like they had a lovely time!

It was fun and I learnt new words. Holly

I liked finding the different sounds. Nyah

It was really fun finding words with all the sounds we have been learning. Naomie

Monday 5th October - World Educators’ Day! This week at QM we celebrated all our amazing staff who work hard every day to educate and inspire our

pupils. We are incredibly lucky.

Vicky I feel very

privileged to be

able to help

children learn and

develop, not just

academically but

socially and

emotionally too.

Mrs Alexander

I'm proud to teach because the future of the world is in my classroom today

Mrs Naftis I teach

because every child deserves to feel happy and valued. I

want my classroom to

be every child's happy

place.

Ola I love teaching early years because every day I am a part of some monumental discoveries,

sometimes I am a partner or helper but most of the time just a witness. To see the children's excitement and enthusiasm is so rewarding. It’s like Christmas morning every day.

Lee I am proud to teach the next

generation, I love and enjoy my job and always come to work

with a smile! It makes me happy to see the children enjoying sports, running around and

having fun while learning new skills. #ProudToTeach

Miss Hayes

I'm proud to teach when I listen to the kindness

and sensitivity of the children in my class

discussing topics like climate change, wellbeing

and homelessness.

Emma #ProudToTeach .........Every day I shape the future artists,

mathematicians, dancers, scientists, musicians, bakers, writers and other professions. As part of this I get to sing,

dance, laugh, create, tell stories, inspire, motivate, problem solve, investigate and teach young minds who

have such a strong desire to learn and be happy.

Miss du Parcq

Education is a powerful thing; it opens doors, broadens our

horizons and takes us on fascinating journeys. Every child has

the right to an education and Queen’s Manor stands tall at the

very heart of its community. I am so #ProudToTeach.

Miss Layton I am #ProudToTeach because I love that every day is different; we have the best fun at school

together. All whilst knowing we are shaping the next

generation.

Miss Allen

I am #ProudToTeach because every child deserves

to have a teacher who will never give up on them

and insists they become the best they can be.

Mrs Abdillahi

I love teaching, because I get to have a real impact on the lives

of others. It is exciting, fun, challenging and full of surprises. No

two days are the same and it is a pure joy to work with

children.

Mr Canning

I love the moment you see the spark in a child’s

eye because they have suddenly understood a

new concept.

Mrs Simpson

I teach because there is no better feeling than

making a difference in the life of a child. A

teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, touches a

heart and shapes the future.

Vanessa

#ProudToTeach

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Support Service (LBHF SENDIASS)